Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7379

Twelve City law firms and the College of Law have launched what is believed to be the first training consortium in dispute resolution.

Pressure on the government to abandon the national default retirement age (DRA) mounted last week as a landmark case reached the High Court.

President of the Family Division outlines new principles on media access

Tribunals dealt with almost 20,000 claims more than in 2007–08 despite an increased workload, according to the Tribunals Service Annual Report and Accounts published last week.

The government is to appeal the Court of Appeal ruling that members of the armed forces have the same basic human rights as all citizens.

MPs have condemned proposals to cut legal aid as “flawed, weak and inflexible”.

Access to justice must be a priority for the government, according to a report from the Centre for Social Justice.

Who should pay for additional educational needs, asks Andrew Ritchie QC

Slade v Slade [2009] EWCA Civ 1748, [2009] All ER (D) 182 (Jul)
Court of Appeal, Civil Division, Ward, Wall and Wilson LJJ,
17 July 2009

Coke-Wallis v Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales [2009] EWCA Civ 730; [2009] All ER (D) 147 (Jul)